California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Elections Code - ELEC |
Division 18. PENAL PROVISIONS |
Chapter 6. Corruption of the Voting Process |
ARTICLE 4. Corruption of Voting |
Section 18576.
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Any person who willfully (a) interferes with the prompt delivery of a completed vote by mail ballot application, (b) retains a completed vote by mail ballot application, without the voter's authorization, for more than three days excluding weekends and state holidays, or by the deadline for return of vote by mail ballot applications, whichever is earlier, or (c) denies an applicant the right to return his or her own completed vote by mail ballot application to the local elections official having jurisdiction over the election, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 508, Sec. 116. Effective January 1, 2008.)